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Flight 93 National Memorial
The Flight 93 National Memorial is a national memorial in Shanksville, PA. A National Memorial is a protected area that commemorates a historic person or event. National Memorials are authorized by the U.S. Congress.
The desecration has begun. A ground-breaking ceremony was held at the Shanksville crash site on Saturday. Bulldozers will start reshaping the land this week. Never mind that the only rule for the Flight 93 memorial's design competition was that the landscape had to be left as it was. In order to complete the full arc of the Crescent of Embrace (now called a broken circle, but still a giant Islamic-shaped crescent), an earthen causeway will...
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© Jeff Kubina via FlickrThe Flight 93 memorial will honor the 40 passengers and crew members who lost their lives on September 11th, 1991.
Are you a resident of Somerset County? On December 7, you will have the opportunity of being part of an organization that will support a national park.
The Friends of Flight 93 will have its first annual meeting at 6 p.m. at the Somerset Trust historic building. During the meeting, which is open to the...
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SHANKSVILLE — With the words “Let’s roll” — the command issued by United Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer to lead the passenger revolt — U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and 39 victims’ relatives and dignitaries turned shovels of dirt at a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday for a permanent national memorial.
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- Ground finally broken for Flight 93 memorial (denverpost.com)
- Officials break ground for Flight 93 memorial (indianagazette.com)
- Ground broken for Flight 93 memorial in Pa. (lohud.com)
With the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in DC finally moving forward, that left just one endless, mired in controversy project to wait on. Fortunately, it looks like these have been good days for memorials, as ground was finally broken this weekend on the Flight 93 Memorial in rural Pennsylvania. You might recall our reporting over these last few years as the project was held up with controversy over both its crescent design ("too similar...
From mediabistro.com
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- Groundbreaking Held For Flight 93 Memorial (feedburner.com)
- Flight 93 Memorial Breaks Ground in Pa. (search.msn.com)
- Flight 93: "A Lot of Fun!" --Richard Roeper (feedburner.com)
PENNSYLVANIA SHANKSVILLE - With the words “Let’s roll,’’ the command issued by United Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer to lead the passenger revolt, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and 39 victims’ relatives and dignitaries turned shovels of dirt at a groundbreaking yesterday for a national memorial. “We made it. Not to our goal, not to the finish line. Certainly not any ...
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